A moment of SUN!!

Last week we were blessed with a couple days of sun!! We made the most of it as much as we could. Since it was spring break for Danielle, we went down south to stay Kim and catch up with some friends we haven't seen in a while. After a fun filled day at the castle park, we went to GG's and dyed easter eggs!! We had so much fun that Danielle insisted we do it again at our house.


Playing with chalk! Avery's favorite thing is to do hop scotch.


My monkey girl!


Danielle and Avery getting dizzy on this twirling toy.


teeter totter!!


We picked cherry blossoms and put them in our hair. They thought it was really fun to have flowers in their hair and be "princesses"!!


Checking out the pretty flowers in the mirror when we got home.


Avery & Danielle, their first egg dying experience.


Danielle figuring this whole thing out... and deciding what color to use.


Aunite Kimmy helping the girls!


GG & Natale supervising.

A Beautiful Springtime Day!

Danielle and I took advantage of one of the first nice spring days! We went to Boulavard Park to enjoy the beautiful view, play on the toys, and most of all threw rocks in the water. We even saw a train go by. It was funny, because when we were at home later playing outside, we heard a train and she said "Momma, that's the train from the train park today!" She's so smart, but I'm biased! :)


Throwing rocks...


...and making a SPLASH is so much FUN!


Me and mini enjoying the sun, which was really bright!


Look ma, I climbed to this rock all by myself.


hmmm, what's this?


Eww, a slimey clam shell.

After naps we decided to go to the family swim, which is always a blast. Then came home to enjoy the weather... kicking the soccer ball around in her heels and relaxed while sipping cocktails and laughing!! It was a wonderful day spending it with my beautiful daughter!!

Having a 'ball' in her heels!


Kickin' your heels up!


Her beloved friend, Skippy.

Best Girls!

Kim and the girls came up to visit on Saturday. I drove Avery and Danielle and Kim followed behind me. It was pouring with rain. We were at a stop light and the girls were giggling. Avery said "Look auntie Krissy, we'll be OK because we have our rain hats!" I look back and this is what I see. So adorable... priceless actually. :o)

Independent One

Danielle has sure shown her independence lately. She is always in the kitchen helping mom or dad with dinner, stirring, cutting veggies, washing dishes, and setting the table. It's great to see she enjoys chores now. Let's hope this continues. :o)


Helping stir the spaghetti & making sure it tastes perfect!


The sue chef sampling tonights dinner.


Miss D setting the table.

The other night we were cuddling on our bed and Danielle took a hold of the camera. She is quite the photographer. Here are some of her shots.


Does this camera thing work?! (I think this shot is hilarous!)


Bad shot of momma. Every time she took a picture she would say "got it!" It was really cute & funny!


I think this one was her best shot, Handsome Daddy!!

Swim Lessons

Danielle has been taking swimming lessons for the past couple of weeks. She absolutely LOVES it!! It's only 30 minutes which isn't long enough for Danielle. She always wants to stay in the pool and keep playing. Every day she asks if she gets to go swimming. We hope to continue the lessons through the summer!


Danielle and daddy singing songs while learning how to swim.


Heading towards the shallow end where she can touch.


Dancing and splashing in the pool!


Kick.. kick.. kicking!!!

Random Silliness

I know it's been way too long since I've posted but here are a couple pics of Danielle doing silly things.


Danielle swinging in the cat toy.

Danielle and I had awesome girls day yesterday. We played at home in the morning in our jammies and her in her birthday suit, then headed to the open swim in the afternoon. I was changing bedding and came out to her dipping her apples in the peanut butter jar.

Miss D and her new favorite snack PEANUT BUTTER!!


Modeling for Grant and I. Singing "Fancy Nancy ~ Fancy Nancy"!! She's finally enjoying dress up!




I'm sure Danielle is thinking this would be a great toy for Skippy. She then started calling for him... "oh SKIPPPY?!"

Danielle just started swim lessons and absolutely LOVES it!! I will be posting some of those pictures real soon. Stay tuned...

Forts N' More!

Danielle caught the flu bug last week so we've been house bound for a while. Although we haven't been bored. We made cookies for Daddy, colored in a new Elmo coloring book, played "nicely" with our cats, and most of all built forts!!!


Coloring Cookie Monsters cookies while our own cookies were baking.


Peek a BOO!!


Danielle trying to lure Skippy in her fort with his toy.


Ahh, finally got him in here. She was so HAPPY!!


WAAAAAAIIIIIIIIT!!!! Why are you leaving Skippy?!


This is a rarity. Danielle holding our other cat Bogey! I was so surprise how well Bogey stayed there. Danielle tries everything and anything to get her hands on this cat!

Danielle's Big Girl Bed!

We finally gave in and built part of Danielle's bunk bed that GG bought her. We set the bed up as a twin and it fits perfectly in her room. She has all new bedding and is so excited to share her bed with all of her stuffed animals.


Her NEW bed!!


Making sure it's jumpable".


Loving her bed as she reads a book to her animals.

Weekend Down South.

We spent the weekend down south and had a great time catching up with friends we rarely see anymore now that we are up here. We went to the Slater's annual Superbowl party which is always a blast, even though our team lost and Brent wasn't there. It was great to catch up with everyone.


Playing at our favorite park in Magnolia.


Danielle and I on the trolley toy.


Teeter totter...


Uncle Todd playing with Kason and Danielle. They were entertained the whole game.


Well are you gonna throw the ball or what?!


Simmy & her famous jello shots. They were very tastey!!


Halftime in 3D.

On Monday we went to Port Orchard to say goodbye to a very dear friend, Ralph Miller. He fought a courageous battle of cancer until the very end. He will be missed immensely by everyone he knew. Rest in peace my friend, rest in peace!!